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An Afternoon with Adonis and Khaled Mattawa
Poets House @ the 2013 AWP Conference
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March 7, 2013 - 4:30PM to 5:45PM
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Admission free for registered AWP Conference participants; for details, please visit awpwriter.org
Born in Syria in 1930, Adonis is one of the most revered poets of the Arabic-speaking world. An influential, and sometimes controversial, Modernist innovator in Arabic verse, Adonis— and his English-language translator, Khaled Mattawa —presents a poetry reading followed by a lively discussion about poetry and contemporary issues.
Admission free for registered Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference (AWP) participants; for details, please visit the AWP website
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The author claims that by relying so heavily on these modern, more resource intensive programming environments, we're losing "something significant". In order to realise what that significant something is, the author poses the following challenge to his readers:
There are a few interesting elements to this challenge. What the author is neglecting to mention is the fact that the operating systems of those days (like Windows 95 and 98) might feel a lot faster on today's systems - but let's face it, they do a lot less too. Today, people have higher expectations of the basic functionality that an operating system should provide than they had ten years ago. Today, people expect the operating system to include photo management tools, music management applications, security applications, multi-user capabilities; Windows 95 did not have these things (initially) and Windows 98 only a few.
In addition, I am not exactly sure myself if I would mention the Windows 9x line as examples of proper coding techniques. The Windows 9x line was still a shell running on top of MS-DOS, and it was very prone to crashes and kernel panics (blue screens). Whether this had something to do with lack of quality code or simply a bad design is irrelevant - proper design is as much a part of programming as the actual implementation of said design.
Now, that does not mean the author does not have a point. As most of you will already know, running older operating systems can be a very stimulating experience, and many of us will have longings for the days of yore when operating systems seemed better coded and leaner, slimmer, and faster - I know I do whenever I boot into BeOS. Sadly, that moment of longing is soon shattered whenever I, yet again, run into some limitation that forces me to boot into XP or Linux, or to get my PowerBook.
Appealing to the human tendency of glorifying the past is relatively easy. However, I can't help but wonder: if BeOS (or the Amiga, or whatever) had been allowed to continue its development, reaching feature parity with the likes of XP/Vista and Mac OS X - would it still be as lean, slim, and fast like we remember it now?
I doubt it.

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More than $21,000 raised for Juvenile Diabetes
BLACKFOOT — The third annual Rollin For A Cause bike rally to help raise money for families affected by Juvenile Diabetes kicked off at 11 a.m. yesterday at the Snake River Travel Plaza.
"I am absolutely overwhelmed by how the community has come together. The support and belief in this cause is amazing," said the founder of Rollin' For A Cause, Susan Jensen.
The riders were to pay $15 per driver, and $10 per passenger, and also received a Rollin For A Cause T-Shirt.
"Being a part of something like this just gives you the 'warm fuzzies,'" Commented Brenda Hughes.
Jensen's initial monetary goal for this year was to raise around $20,000, and she has already exceeded that amount by raising well over $21,000.
"The families that are wanting to be a part of this and are paying it forward is just unbelievable," said Jensen.
A few of the children and adults alike who are affected by Juvenile Diabetes attended the event to support the cause.
"I think it's pretty special. It's a great thing that Susan's gig will help the families that need help with their medical bills," said Tayla Despain, who has been diagnosed with Juvenile Diabetes.
Asia Higginson attended the event in honor of her daughter, Taylor, who has been diagnosed with Juvenile Diabetes.
"It's amazing how such a small community can have so many people who want to help get together for a cause for something she [daughter,Taylor] has," said Higginson.
Theresa Rigby volunteered because her one-year-old grandson, Bryce, has been diagnosed with Juvenile Diabetes.
"When my daughter found out he [Bryce] had Juvenile Diabetes, she went to an Endocrinologist and he explained that one day he would have a special thing implanted into his hand, and he would be able to inject his insulin via a smart phone," said Rigby.
"Anytime you have children, you never know when it could be yours [diagnosed with Juvenile Diabetes]," explained Jessica John.
The riders rode to the Red Pony in Inkom, then stopped at the Blue Moon in Lava Hot springs, then back over to the Rim Rock in Pocatello, and then returned back home to Blackfoot.
Rollin' for Cause continued last night at 6 p.m. at the Blackfoot Elks Lodge fora dinner, auction and the raffle drawing for a 1996 Chevy Cavelier. Some of the funds from the car raffle have been allotted to help with funeral costs for the Polatis family.
A delicious pork dinner was served and a local country/rock band, Rough Stock, provided some live entertainment throughout the evening as well.
The bond that has been established in and amongst the community due to this event is beyond words, but the reason for this cause can best be summed up in a simple quote that was printed on each of the t-shirts that the riders received: "Paying it forward, because that's how we roll."


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President Obama could look west to fill the job of Interior secretary that will become vacant by the end of March with the departure of Ken Salazar. Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire, who supports the president's progressive clean-energy and climate-change agenda, is one possible candidate. Gregoire, who has also been mentioned as a potential successor to Lisa Jackson at the Environmental Protection Agency, has pushed policies to move her state away from coal-fired electricity.
Another candidate for Interior is John Berry, director of the White House Office of Personnel Management. Berry is a previous director of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the National Zoo. He has held posts at the Interior Department as well as the Treasury Department and the Smithsonian Institution. If selected, Berry would be the first openly gay Cabinet member.
The Interior Department oversees oil and gas drilling and also conservation on the nation's 700 million acres of public lands. Traditionally, it has been run by governors or senators from Western states. Salazar had represented his home state of Colorado as a senator and also served as Colorado's attorney general before Obama appointed him to Interior.
Salazar oversaw the department's first forays into developing renewable energy on public lands. While Interior has always overseen oil and gas drilling on public lands, it has made an aggressive push to begin developing large-scale solar power on federal lands in the deserts of the Southwest, and the nation's first offshore wind farms in the federal waters off the East Coast.
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Revised audit still seeks $48 million from Erie County
When federal auditors earlier this year criticized the way Erie County spent disaster aid after the surprise snowstorm of October 2006, county officials were confident they had a response that would satisfy calls to pay back the $48 million.
They had dug up federal law in support of a decision to limit contractors to local companies and said they could provide more paperwork for $9 million in expenses that auditors said were undocumented.
But now, the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General has revised its audit, de-emphasizing criticism that the county's preference for local contractors had improperly limited competition and adding more explanation about how the county violated federal rules for spending the money.
And it still wants the Federal Emergency Management Agency to force Erie County to repay the $48 million paid to the county mostly during the last 15 months of the Joel Giambra administration.
"The county executive directed the purchasing department to award contracts giving preference to local contractors, but did not ensure the process followed open competition and documentation requirements," the revised audit states.
The revisions, the audit says, came in response to a "congressional request" to clarify exactly how the selection of local contractors was "not made within the required context of open competition regulations." The request was made by staffers of the House Committee on Homeland Security, said Tanya Y. Callender, spokeswoman for the Office of Inspector General.
The audit found:
• The county failed to ensure "full and open competition" when it selected contractors to clean up storm-damaged trees by relying on "unacceptable sole source and average bid methods" for setting prices. For example, the county in some cases averaged bids submitted by all companies to set contract prices. "The logic behind this method increased the cost that was passed on to the federal government," auditors found.
• The county could not provide written evidence that it performed required cost analyses.
• The county failed to show that it took steps to "assure minority firms, women's business enterprises and labor surplus area firms were used when possible," as required by federal law.
• The county did not provide any written policies or procedures that explained its "preference in selecting local contractors while keeping the open competition principles" of the federal rules.
Some of the audit's findings came down to sloppy record keeping. Auditors said the county was unable to provide proper documentation for $9 million in expenses.
County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz has since told the agency it has located additional records for the work.
In addition, it criticized the county for changing its overtime policy during the storm cleanup, allowing some workers who were previously exempt from collecting overtime to earn the extra pay. Seven out of 10 of the highest overtime earners retired shortly after the disaster period.
County officials continue to disagree with the audit's findings, said Peter Anderson, a spokesman for Poloncarz.
"The findings in the latest audit were never discussed with us," Anderson said.
The audit's recommendations are focused on the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the state's Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, which it says should have better managed the grants. But Poloncarz, along with members of the Western New York federal legislative delegation, are concerned about the recommendation that $48 million spent by the county be paid back.
Sen. Charles E. Schumer, Poloncarz and local members of Congress are expecting to attend an upcoming meeting with FEMA Administrator W. Craig Fugate to discuss the audit. Anderson said the county remains confident it will not have to repay the money, with the help of local members of Congress.
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StuffIt Deluxe 16Compression for Mac users again
StuffIt Deluxe 16
Compression for Mac users again
While you might think that there isn't a whole lot that you can say about compressing your files, there are a bunch of us old macheads that remember our first, Stuffit. Smith Micro recently brought out StuffIt Deluxe 16, which is long overdue, but still a welcome addition to your Mac toolkit, and yes, it does '.zip' formats as well.
Its hard to make improvements on a tool that was simple and good in its first iteration. The problem with adding components, is that the application becomes wrought with features that aren't really useful. Although it's packed with utilities (and a little heavy for the casual compressor), the tools that it carries are really good for someone who needs to compress and deliver regularly.
I've listed some simple Pros and Cons below. Whatever you choose to do with this information (buy / upgrade / skip), make sure that you go up to Smith Micro and download StuffIt Expander, a really clean way to open delivered compressed files from anyone.
With all of the new formats that are available to so many different people that you work with, its likely that you get some compressed files that arent just self-extracting. Stuffit also comes with Stuffit Expander, which has you covered on some of the obscure file formats.
Some of the features in StuffIt Deluxe are
Stuffit Destinations: Drop & Send (great for repetitive sending)
Archive Manager: Advanced compression options
Magic Menu: Get features without launching the whole app (I cant stand magic whatever, usually it means automatically limited, but this is a shortcut)
Expander: Same good old extraction with new definitions
Integration: Destinations can be used with Dropbox, Drive, OneDrive
Mac OS: 64-bit application now (its been 4 years since the last version)
Search: You can search inside the contents of compressed files (yeah yeah PC people)
Scheduler: Backup what youve changed
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I'm usually not a fan of "MAGIC" anything, but it's useful to have on the compression workstation
This is a long overdue reboot of the standard of Mac compression software
Many different features that will help you get daily compression done quickly/easily
Whatever you choose (upgrade / new / skip), get expander right now.
If you are upgrading, this is a no-brainer, supercharge your existing compression workflow.
Simple Mac OS compression for basic file maintenance has many trained for low performance
There are many different tools in the Deluxe package. Its going to take up more than 3x space that the previous version did (150MB now)
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Restaurant Review
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Nosh brings Jewish food to Burque
New Mexico's Crypto-Jews (Jews who survived the Spanish Inquisition, covered their identity and hitched with the Spanish to the New World) have been a hot subject of study and curiosity over the last few years.
Where there are Crypto-Jews mightn't there be Crypto-Jewish bakeries? Some of us hoped. Turns out there weren't, and mid-winter dreams of downing knishes and rugelach with our kith and kin in front of a crackling piñon fire were crushed. (Also, it turns out those were the wrong kind of Jews—Sephardic not Ashkenazic.)
But finally, this September Albuquerque opened its first full shebang Jewish-American bakery/deli in the high-traffic Nob Hill Business Center where Papers used to be. Instead of reams of paper, now you can purchase reams of pastrami and sheets of puff pastries glazed with vanilla custard.
I was a big fan of Papers, yet I would say "Let it burn!" to make room for Nosh Jewish Delicatessan and Bakery. (And it could burn easily with all that paper, but I'll also go on record to say I'm glad it didn't—they just moved two doors down.)
I don't think it's just years of yearning for this particular comfort food that makes Nosh so thrilling. It's thrilling because the food is actually very, very good.
Jewish-American cuisine is its own ball of wax—distinct from that of Sephardic Jews (Middle Eastern and Mediterranean), Israeli Jews or even eastern Europe, where it has its roots. This means it features old standards like knishes and latkas, the Jewish-American bagel and lox, along with New York favorites like the Brooklyn-based egg cream (chocolate syrup, soda water and milk) and the black and white cookie.
The walls of Nosh are plastered with iconic Jewish celebrities—Barbara Streisand, Dustin Hoffman, Bob Dylan … we can't forget there is a whole culture backing this food—a distinct history, language, humor and yes, a religious code for food preparation. These distinctions cultivate a sense of otherness which tends to pour itself into self-preservation and tradition. That's usually a very good thing in the kitchen.
How kosher is Nosh? Not. In kosher law, meat and dairy don't mix. Here they do in, for instance, the reuben.
Nosh's reuben ($11.75), a sandwich with its own cult of devotees, is stacked, peppery, succulent and well-loaded with crunchy Russian-dressed sauerkraut and swiss. I ordered the flagrantly full-fat corned beef (made in-house), but it also comes in pastrami and tempeh versions.
I was a big fan of Papers, yet I would say "Let it burn!" to make room for Nosh Jewish Delicatessen and Bakery. (And it could burn easily with all that paper, but I'll also go on record to say I'm glad it didn't—they just moved two doors down.)
In a whole different camp of flavors is the classic bagel with lox. Nosh's Nova lox ($10.75) is a lush smoky salmon, briny capers, thin, fresh tomatoes and sweet-sharp red onions; it melds perfectly with the mildly tangy cream cheese. The bagel itself is decent, though not extraordinary. Nosh orders the dough from New York and boils in-house.
The latkas, potato cakes usually served around Hanukah with sour cream and applesauce, are large with thick shoestring potatoes fried to golden brown—the flavor and texture are both quite good—creamy enough to forego the side of sour cream, but savory enough you'll want the applesauce. (Full order for $6.50 or one large latka for $1.50)
Then there's the knish ($3.25)—a mashed potato and cream-stuffed puffed pastry turnover. These are the situations in which you eat a knish—your dog just died, you're trying to move up a weight class or you deserve it. A knish is worth the rationalization—
Meanwhile the matzoh ball chicken noodle soup ($6) is perfect for convalescents, lost souls and light diners with its suspended herbs, thick-cut carrots, stewed chicken, egg noodle tresses and large matzoh dumplings.
Oh, but we haven't even mentioned the dessert case—the seven-layer and carrot cakes higher than your face, the bombalinsky ($2 puff pastry stuffed with vanilla custard) that the owner rightly calls "a little piece of heaven," the babkas and rugelach. Nor have we gotten into breakfast (served till 11)—the scrambles, hashes, challah French toast, bagels with pastrami, corned beef …(Recommended: the vegetable hash of roasted butternut squash, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, lemon, potatoes and fried egg). The terra incognita here is vast.
As for service, I was waited on by three different people. One seemed inordinately flustered, two botched my order—not a high crime if the server is friendly, apologetic and fixes it immediately, as they both did. But yeah, they could probably work on that.
The other issue at Nosh: If you eat inside rather than at one of the sidewalk tables, you're sure to walk out smelling like a knish yourself. While the shotgun layout of the restaurant and the bar overlooking the open kitchen are a fun design, particularly if you like gazing at frying latkas, a perfume of oil pervades.
But guess what? I don't care. Lovers of comfort food shouldn't either. Alisa Turtletaub-Young, the owner, will call you "Hon" and "Sweetie." You'll leave with a happy tongue and a full belly. You'll want to go home, light a candle and unbutton your pants. Shalom to you. Unbox that knish.
116 Amherst SE
Hours: Mon-Sat: 8am-3pm; Sunday: 8am-1pm
Price Range: $6 to $12
Vibe: Brooklyn in the desert
Vegetarian options: Yes
Extras: Free New Mexico Jewish Link newspaper. Take-home items like homemade granola and Nosh honey. Orthodox Chews saltwater taffy. Nosh will soon deliver to the Nob Hill area on motorscooter
Alibi Recommends: The reuben, latkas, knish, bombalinksy, vegetable hash, kugel


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Lana Del Rey has denied reports she rejected Kanye West's request for her to perform at his lavish engagement ceremony last month (Oct13).
The rapper popped the question to TV beauty Kim Kardashian at the AT+T Park in San Francisco, California, on 21 October (13).
In a video of the moment captured by YouTube.com co-founder Chad Hurley, a 50-piece orchestra can be seen playing Del Rey's hit single Young and Beautiful, and reports soon emerged that West originally wanted the singer to perform but she turned him down.
However, Del Rey has since straightened out gossip after confirming to editors at TMZ.com that she would not decline an offer by West.
She says, "I would never deny his request... That's not true."


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James Te Huna's past two UFC wins have taken less than three minutes of combined cage time, which earned the Kiwi some real buzz entering UFC on FUEL TV 4.
But the humble 30-year-old refuses to take too much pride in his accomplishments and instead credits a simple philosophy for his success.
"It's either me or him," Te Huna told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). "I've got to try to hurt the guy before he hurts me. If I see weaknesses that he has or if I can take advantage of those, I can take advantage of them real quick and take him out."
Te Huna is 8-1 in his past nine overall fights and lost only to top light-heavyweight prospect Alexander Gustafsson. Seven of his eight wins in that stretch have come via knockout with five coming in the very first round.
He was originally scheduled to meet Brandon Vera at tonight's event, which takes place at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. However, "The Truth" was pushed to an August fight with Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, and Te Huna (14-5 MMA, 3-1 UFC) drew former heavyweight Joey Beltran (14-7 MMA, 3-4 UFC) instead.
Despite learning about the switch nearly one month out, Te Huna said he did little to alter his approach to the FUEL TV-televised fight.
"I didn't really change much," he said. "I had some really good sparring partners for Vera, and I kept them as sparring partners.
"I have to evolve my game and work on some of the weaknesses that I have, so it doesn't really change much. I've got the same kind of sparring. Everyone knows what my style is already. I just kept it pretty much the same but changed a few little things up – just go out there and enjoy it."
Beltran made his UFC debut in 2010 and scored a pair of knockout wins during a seven-fight run at heavyweight. A 1-4 stretch in the division saw him released from the promotion, but Beltran reinvented himself as a 205-pounder and now returns to the octagon.
Te Huna believes it's a perfect stylistic matchup and should prove an entertaining affair.
"I'm pretty excited for the fight," Te Huna said. "Beltran, he's a real big banger. He doesn't take a backward step, and I don't take a backward step, so it's going to be fireworks for the fans."
A third-straight impressive win could certainly pay dividends for Te Huna. His fan friendly style has made him a national treasure in his current home country of Australia, and a victory tonight could earn him big fights in the UFC's light-heavyweight division.
Te Huna refuses to speculate where he stands in the company's 205-pound pecking order, but he admits his eyes are on the champ.
"That's not for me to say," Te Hunda said. "I just want to keep working on my weaknesses and try and solidify my position and slowly move up the ranks and get to the top."
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Special Report: Tourism Trends
Visit Florida - Reinvented
A big boost in state funding has helped Visit Florida reassert its role in marketing the state.
Four years ago, Visit Florida was teetering. Legislators, facing budgetary pressures and irritated over a decision to use an out-of-state call center, tried to slash the organization's budget. The cuts were restored through a veto by then-Gov. Charlie Crist.
Meanwhile, Visit Florida grew concerned that it couldn't compete with Google in efforts to reach customers online. For instance, Visit Florida used to charge businesses to be listed on its website. With Google moving into the travel arena, offering businesses greater bang for their buck through targeted ads, Visit Florida's online potency could be diminished.
When Chris Thompson became CEO in 2009 after a stint as COO, he decided to focus on repairing the agency's relationship with the Legislature and re-examining its mission. "How do we stay relevant in a changing world?" Thompson asked.
Late September 2012, Brand USA announced the appointment of Chris Thompson to president and CEO of the public private partnership responsible for spearheading the United States' first nationally coordinated tourism marketing effort. Currently, Thompson is working with the board of directors of VISIT FLORIDA to ensure a smooth transition from his current role to Brand USA. An official start date will be announced soon.
A turnaround began last year, just before Gov. Rick Scott and the Legislature considered folding Visit Florida into another state agency as part of a consolidation effort. Scott was persuaded to keep Visit Florida's public-private partnership structure intact. He ultimately approved a 55% increase in the state's portion of the organization's budget for this fiscal year, helping Visit Florida target international travelers, who stay longer and spend more. The agency hopes to bolster travel from the U.K., which was Florida's biggest international market until Brazil surpassed it last year. In response, Visit Florida has increased ad spending in the U.K. by $1.6 million — nearly quadruple what it was the year before.
The re-emphasis on attracting British tourists is a far cry from 2009, when Visit Florida closed its U.K. office to save money. (Visit Florida is also more than doubling its advertising spending in Canada and South America.)
Visit Florida isn't ignoring domestic travelers, still the lifeblood of the tourism industry, comprising 86% of Florida's visitors. The organization plans to spend $40 million more on domestic travelers this year. Prime among the targets is Texas, which has good air service and has weathered the recession relatively well.
With tourism numbers and revenue climbing, Scott is now one of Visit Florida's biggest cheerleaders. He routinely touts its "return on investment." For every dollar Visit Florida spends on marketing, it generates $258 in tourism spending.
Meanwhile, Visit Florida has expanded its role as an information source for tourists. Business are now listed on the website for free, which has doubled listings and increases the site's value for travelers. The organization generates more of its own print and online content and has hired two full-time writers. "It won't be long until we're generating more rich content about Florida than any of the major consumer travel magazines, any of the major travel trade magazines," Thompson says.


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Westward Expansion: Image vs. Reality
The story of westward expansion is central to 19th-century U.S. history, but the way it is told has varied. Newspaper reports, pamphlets, and images published in the eastern U.S. during the mid-19th century often emphasized the bountiful resources, tranquility, and comfort of the West, obscuring the harsh conditions that settlers often faced. In addition, eastern U.S. stereotypes of American Indians as "savages" doomed by the advance of "civilization" often worked to justify expansion and obscure the complexity of American Indian lives and livelihoods.
Examine the following sources and decide whether they were created in the eastern or the western U.S.


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Author Elmore's Book Reviews
Mercy, Mercy Me
Warner, Oct 2003, 22.95, 292 pp. ISBN: 0446529842 Deeply devoted to his religion and using the Words of God to help his patients, psychologist Dr. Dwayne Grandison becomes a big success in the Los Angeles area. However, with his achievements Dwayne's marriage hits a rocky road, but before he and his spouse Yvette resolve anything, she and their unborn child die in a car crash. A stunned Dwayne reacts as if the earth left from beneath his feet a...


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Timothy Egan is an acclaimed writer and veteran chronicler of the American West, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, a popular New York Times columnist and a National Book Award-winning author. His most recent book, a biography of the famous photographer of Native Americans,
Egan also wrote Lasso the Wind: Away to the New West, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year which won the Mountains and Plains Book Seller's Association Award; Breaking Blue, a true crime account of the nation's longest running murder investigation; and a novel, The Winemaker's Daughter, a story of wine, love, fire and betrayal. He has been a regular contributor to BBC Radio with his series of vignettes on American life. His weekly online column for The New York Times is consistently among the most read pieces on the NYT site.


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Wizards Announce 2013 Preseason Schedule
August 7, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – The Washington Wizards announced today the team's seven-game 2013 preseason schedule. The team's exhibition slate is highlighted by a game against the New York Knicks at Baltimore Arena on Oct. 17, their first preseason game in Baltimore since 1999. The schedule also includes two home games at Verizon Center and games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Lexington, KY.
Washington will tip off its preseason action against the new-look Brooklyn Nets on Oct. 8 at Verizon Center. The team will then travel to Rio de Janeiro to face the Bulls on Oct. 12 at HSBC Arena. The Wizards and Bulls are participating in NBA Global Games Rio 2013, which will be the NBA's first-ever game in Brazil.
The Wizards host the 2013 NBA Champion Miami Heat on Oct. 15 at Verizon center before heading up the road to Baltimore to take on the Knicks. The Wizards play their final three games against New Orleans on Oct. 19 in Lexington, KY, at Detroit on Oct. 22 and against Cleveland on Oct. 23 in Cincinnati, OH.
Information on ticket sales for the home preseason games including Baltimore, as well as individual regular season games, will be released at a later date.
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|Tues, October 8
|Brooklyn Nets
|Verizon Center
|7:00 pm
|Sat, October 12
|vs. Chicago Bulls
|HSBC Arena (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
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|Tues, October 15
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|Rupp Arena (Lexington, KY)
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The Tin Collectors
St. Martin's, Jan 2001, 24.95, 400 pp. ISBN: 0312269595 Los Angeles Police Sergeant Shane Sculley sleeps peacefully in his bed with no major cares haunting him until the call at 2:16 AM comes. Barbara Mular, the wife of Shane's former partner pleads with him to save her life from her husband Ray who is beating her up. When Shane arrives at the Mular home, the door is open so he enters. He sees Ray knocking Barbara around with his nightstic...
Vertical Coffin
St. Martin's, Jan 2004, 24.95, 400 pp. ISBN: 0312304250 Los Angeles Deputy Sheriff Emo Rojas is handing out a routine warrant when Vincent Smiley kills him. Cops kill Vincent, but that is not the end of the story. The Sheriff's Department is outraged not because one of them was gunned down. With the amount of ammo stored inside Smiley's abode, they believe that the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, and Tobacco knew what their deceased comrade was w...


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More than 75% of searches in July resulted in clicks through to websites, underlining just how adept search engines are at delivering relevant content.
Stats from Experian Hitwise show that Bing and Yahoo had the highest proportion of 'successful searches', meaning searches that resulted in a click-through, with 84% and 86% respectively.
Ask and Google both achieved a success rate of 76%, however it should be noted that it is increasingly common for Google to give users the answer to a query without them having to click on something.
As part of its new Knowledge Graph that was rolled out in May, Google now shows information relevant to search queries in a column to the right of the search results.
It also trialled a new interface during the Olympics that essentially acted as a minisite for information relating to all of the events and athletes.
The apparent success rates also clearly aren't having an impact on search engine traffic.
Data from June shows that although Google's market share dropped for the first time in four months, the change was fairly negligible and the search engine still accounts for more than 90% of UK searches.
Overall UK internet users made 2.2bn visits to search engines in June, up by 27m visits compared to June 2011. The rise in visits represents a 1.2% year-on-year increase in search activity.
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"however it should be noted that it is increasingly common for Google to give users the answer to a query without them having to click on something."
Very worth mentioning! Google is pulling information directly on the search results page so users don't have to click away to find it. It started with weather, but now more and more searches are pulling up information.
Interesting stats - can you post a link to the original data / source so I can check it out further?
@Marty, as far as I'm aware this data hasn't been posted anywhere else. I requested these specific stats from Experian and they were kind enough to send them across.
I think a lot of this can be put down to how effective the search engines are now operating following the recent Panda update. It is good to see the search engine working so effectively.
Great post. I also agree that the Panda update has made an effect on the levels click through. A lot of SEO experts were worried about the panda update and apparently some concerns are warranted.
I think the fact Yahoo and Bing claimed a better click through success rate than Google is more connected to the fact that Google's search results are poorer than ever, rather than the introduction of the Knowledge Graph. Pages and pages of listings from the same domain? Not great!
I wonder how much this will be effected as Google aim to present the user with more information without them having to click through to a website.


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Claremont welcomes new officers
The road to full-time officer has not been a short one for new Claremont police officers, Cody Jarvis and Alan Russell. The two men have offically been full-time officers for two weeks, but the both started their part-time law enforcement careers at Claremont.
Russell, who worked part-time in Claremont for three years, said the full-time position is a dream come true. The 31-year-old from Alexander County said it's something he's wanted for a very long time and it's been an experience to see it finally happen. He said during his three years he had his doubts, but in the last two weeks he's needed someone to pinch him.
"It hasn't sank in yet," Russell said. "I'm still getting into the routine. I'm enjoying the ride, and plan to go out and do the same job I always have."
Russell was sponsored by the Alexander County Sheriff's Office to attend Basic Law Enforcement Training, and said he knew that he always wanted to be a law enforcement officer. Looking back on his time in Claremont, he remembers his first interview with the department.
"Lieutenant Allen Long was one of the interviewers, he looked at my information and said, 'we have a problem, you spelled your name wrong,'" Russell said.
After that interview he knew the department was a fun and personalable place to work. Once hired on as a part-time officer he said he has learned to love the department and the people he works with. He said another great aspect of the department was the opportunity he's had to learn. He said the departmet has always encouraged education, and found that in the past he was able to attend schools as a part-time officer more than some full time staff members.
Jarvis had a similar experience when hired on as a part-time officer a year ago. Jarvis said as a part-time officer he enjoyed getting to work with everyone from the department. He said with the part-time schedule he usually didn't work with the same officers, this helped him to learn things from everyone. The field education payed off when Jarvis pulled over his first drunk driver nine months into his part-time job. He said he just remembered all the steps he had learned, and even after a scuffle with the driver he was able to get the him off the road.
Jarvis credits his law enforcement start to his mom and stepdad, who both served as officers.When it was his turn to attend school, the 25-year-old from Catawba was sponsored by Claremont and found his way back. He said he remembers applying for the job and waiting three months before hearing anything back. Now, as a full-time officer, he said he looks forward to getting out in the city and doing his job.
"I plan on making this a long term position," Jarvis said, "This is my home and they keep us busy enough to fuel the fire but not get burnt out."


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UPPER MERION — Four local brothers who captured the proverbial fountain of youth in a jar took a daring dive into the deep end with five cunning tycoons (aka "sharks") on the prime-time reality business show "Shark Tank."
Third brother and Upper Merion Area High School grad Danny Mastronardo won't reveal whether the sharky would-be investors bankrolled the boys or ripped their all-natural and organic skin-care business model to shreds.
The most he will say is that the show — which airs Friday at 8 p.m. on ABC — was "a really exciting experience and we would just hope the community where we were born and raised will follow us and see what happens, whether we sink or swim."
As anyone who has seen "Shark Tank" can attest, the dreamy-eyed hopefuls who pitch their inventions and strategies to a panel of insanely successful, ego-driven wheeler-dealers — including billionaire Marc Cuban — are generally setting themselves up for the fight of their lives.
"The sharks sure took a bite out of us ... pun intended all over the place," Mastronardo said. "We were definitely guppies. But what made us unique and beat out tens of thousands of other entrepreneurs to make it that far is they really enjoyed the idea of four brothers creating a healthy alternative to skin care. There are dozens upon dozens of skin care companies out there in the world. It's a very large industry, but we were there to promote the good word on health and how it was created with four brothers bonding together and trying to operate a successful business."
Fittingly enough, Nardo's Natural organic skin care line was invented in the land of Fountain of Youth-chaser Ponce de Leon — Florida, where the brothers, who grew up in Wayne, now live.
So how did four brothers — DJ, Kyle, Danny and KJ — decide to band together in anti-aging kinship and take on the Elizabeth Ardens of the world?
"We get that question all the time," Mastronardo said, laughing. "How do four guys end up in skin care? We're all fitness gurus, big on health and nutrition and one day we came across a statistic about how a large percentage of skin care products absorb through pores of the skin and into the body and we looked at all the hazardous chemicals and preservatives that are in the conventional products on the market and we said there was something we had to do about it.
My brother was really big into coconut oil and did some research on it and found out how good it is for the skin," he added. "In the kitchen one day we whipped up a batch for family and friends ... all natural, organic-grade."
Since they all had full-time jobs, getting rich from their coconut oil concoction wasn't something any of them took too seriously, admitted Mastronardo, now the company's vice president.
But after family and friends began requesting more and more of the stuff, the brothers approached management at Spa Oceana in the hotel across the street about stocking Nardo's Natural.
Within six months it was the shop's top-selling skin-care line.
Since then the operation has moved beyond the home kitchen base in St. Petersburg to Clearwater, but still under the watchful eyes of all four brothers.
"We still have our hands in the mix and oversee production of every-day operations," Mastronardo noted. "We sign every individual box to make sure it's guarantee fresh and healthy."
One of the most popular items on their website (www.nardosnatural.com) is the Fourever Young facial regimen box set ($74.99) — so named for the four men behind it — featuring daily clarifying facial cleanser and exfoliant, weekly regenerative clay mask, daily rejuvenating face cream and hydrating USDA Certified Organic lip balm.
"We are spreading the secret about health and beauty," Mastronardo said. "There's a difference between natural and organic, and when you're mentioning organic you're making a claim and you'd better have those organic products in whatever you're making. There's no real verification of what the word 'natural' means. You can call gasoline all natural."
The products contain ingredients the brothers deem to be natural but may not have organic certification.
"As a smaller business it's very difficult to obtain organic certification for all products because you are paying for a seal of approval," Mastronardo said. "As we grow, those certifications will come. We do have USDA certified organic lip balm."
After graduating from the University of Tampa in 2007, Mastronardo decided he just couldn't leave the Floridian version of paradise he'd found down south. He was soon joined by DJ, Kyle and, most recently, KJ, the youngest.
"I fell in love with the area and stayed here," he said. "I just love it every year with the Phillies in spring training here in Clearwater. So I have Philadelphia with the sunlight, and you can't beat that."
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He wax preceded in death by his parents, Henry and Betty Oetken of Benton.
He is survived by his wife, Judy Bishop Oetken; a daughter, Susan Stewart and husband Alan; a son, Charles Brian Oetken; a grandson, Jordan Stewart; a brother, Norman Oetken of Salem; and a sister, Donna Williams of Louisville, Ky.
Funeral service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, March 10, at Family Funeral Care, 4925 Summer Ave. in Memphis, Tenn.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m., today, March 9, at the funeral home.


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Revision as of 05:46, 8 November 2007
- Lots of good music
- Something to play lots of your good music on - Like a Roku Soundbridge
- Or iTunes on your pc
apt-get install libid3tag0 libid3tag0-dev
apt-get install sqlite libsqlite0 libsqlite0-dev
apt-get install g++ build-essential
Be careful where you build, as you want to make sure you have room for the compilation. /tmp is too small for building.
cd /usr/src
Download Firefly mediaserver You will need to check out [the nightlies] and change the address below to the latest version
wget http://nightlies.mt-daapd.org/dl.php?FILE=mt-daapd-svn-1696.tar.gz
Untar and enter folder (replace with whatever latest version is)
tar -zxvf mt-daapd-svn-1696.tar.gz && cd mt-daapd-svn-1696
Configure it with the following (all one line)
./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-browse --enable-query --enable-mdns --with-id3tag=/usr/local --enable-sqlite --sysconfdir=/etc
Make and install it
make make install mkdir /etc/mt-daapd cp contrib/mt-daapd.* /etc/mt-daapd/ cd /etc/mt-daapd
nano mt-daapd.conf
Should only need to change where to look for your music files
Starting at boot
I've nicked the start script from andre's mt-daapd ppc package (if you don't mind andre)
nano /etc/init.d/firefly
and add all this
#! /bin/sh set -e # /etc/init.d/firefly: start and stop the DAAP daemon DAEMON=/usr/local/sbin/mt-daapd DAAPD_OPTS="" DAAPD_CONFIG_FILE=/etc/mt-daapd/mt-daapd.conf test -x $DAEMON || exit 0 case "$1" in start) if ! grep -q /usr/local/lib /etc/ld.so.conf; then echo /usr/local/lib >> /etc/ld.so.conf ldconfig fi echo -n "Starting DAAP daemon: firefly" if pidof $DAEMON >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo " apparently already running." exit 0 fi if [ ! -s "$DAAPD_CONFIG_FILE" ]; then echo " missing or empty config file $DAAPD_CONFIG_FILE" exit 1 fi start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --background \ --exec $DAEMON -- -c "$DAAPD_CONFIG_FILE" $DAAPD_OPTS echo "." ;; stop) echo -n "Stopping DAAP daemon: firefly" killall $DAEMON >/dev/null 2>&1 echo "." ;; restart) set +e echo -n "Restarting DAAP daemon: firefly" killall $DAEMON >/dev/null 2>&1 sleep 2 if ! start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --background \ --exec $DAEMON -- -c "$DAAPD_CONFIG_FILE" $DAAPD_OPTS then echo "start failed?" fi echo "." ;; *) echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/firefly {start|stop|restart}" exit 1 esac exit 0
Then add the links
cd /etc/rc2.d && ln -s /etc/init.d/firefly S20firefly
cd /etc/rc6.d && ln -s /etc/init.d/firefly K20firefly
cd /etc/rc0.d && ln -s /etc/init.d/firefly K20firefly
Think it needs one of these
chmod a+x /etc/init.d/firefly
Run it
Should be able to start it up now
or better still use the start/stop script
/etc/init.d/firefly start
This errors because it looks for mt-daapd.conf in /usr/local/etc/mt-daapd.conf ??
I've just linked to it
mkdir /usr/local/etc ln -s /etc/mt-daapd/mt-daapd.conf /usr/local/etc/mt-daapd.conf
Try it now
/etc/init.d/firefly start
Issue top and you should see mt-daapd at the top of the list -
Once that dissapears (it has finished checking your music library) you should be able to see it via the web interface
You can put whatever you like as user but the passwd is mt-daapd
That should show you something like this
Run over to your Roku Soundbridge and check if its working - then fire up iTunes on your pc and see all your files
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Pineapple upside-down cake
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal407
- fat23g
- saturates14g
- carbs49g
- sugars36g
- fibre1g
- protein5g
- salt0.87g
For the topping
- 50g softened butter
- 50g light soft brown sugar
- 7 pineapple rings in syrup, drained and syrup reserved
With its tuft of spiky, dusty green leaves and cross-hatched, golden orange skin, the pineapple…
- 7 glacé cherries
For the cake
- 100g softened butter
- 100g golden caster sugar
- 100g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
Baking powderbay-king pow-dah
Baking powder is a raising agent that is commonly used in cake-making. It is made from an alkali…
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition, packed with protein and a…
Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. For the topping, beat the butter and sugar together until creamy. Spread over the base and a quarter of the way up the sides of a 20-21cm round cake tin. Arrange pineapple rings on top, then place cherries in the centres of the rings.
Place the cake ingredients in a bowl along with 2 tbsp of the pineapple syrup and, using an electric whisk, beat to a soft consistency. Spoon into the tin on top of the pineapple and smooth it out so it's level. Bake for 35 mins. Leave to stand for 5 mins, then turn out onto a plate. Serve warm with a scoop of ice cream.
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Where has it all gone wrong for Aston Villa and their much heralded manager, Paul Lambert?
Lambert achieved miracles at Norwich, guiding them to back-to-back promotions and keeping them in the Premier League on a shoestring budget.
His Norwich team last season was made up primarily of lower league players, making his achievements with the Canaries all the more impressive.
Moving to Villa was probably perceived as a step up in most people's eyes, Lambert's included. The Scottish tactician clearly felt that a team that had won the European Cup in the 80s, been in the top division for over 100 years and were an ever-present in the Premier League was a far better prospect than fighting to keep Norwich up every year, but it could be the Canaries who have the last laugh.
Lambert, 43, seems to have decided to put all his eggs in one basket and rely almost entirely on young players.
Since Martin O'Neill's acrimonious departure, the only way has been down for Villa. Appointing Alex McLeish against the fans wishes turned out to be the disaster it always promised to be, and now Lambert's position looks precarious.
With players like Darren Bent, Shay Given, Richard Dunne, Charles N'Zogbia, Stephen Ireland, Gabriel Agbonlahor and Ron Vlaar in their squad, not to mention Alan Hutton and Jean Makoun out on loan, you'd think Villa would have been a comfortable mid-table side.
There have been promising results such as the 3-1 win away to Liverpool and reaching the League Cup semi-final, but the humiliation at the hands of Bradford and results like the 8-0 embarrassment at Chelsea have been more common than the good performances.
Of course Villa have been starved of their first-team regulars this season - injuries to Dunne and Given, plus the long-term absence of club captain Stiliyan Petrov, who we all wish well in his battle against leukemia, have meant that Lambert's squad have been stretched from the off.
But it's Lambert consistent omission of Bent that seems to be the most puzzling of his decisions.
As Villa's top scorer for the last two seasons, after joining for a deal worth up to £24m, Bent has gone from a regular in the England squad to not even being able to get in a relegation threatened Villa team.
Christian Benteke's form has been one reason for Bent's exclusion but considering goalscorers are hard to come by when you're struggling down at the bottom of the league, Lambert may have to turn to Bent before it's too late.
It seems unthinkable that Villa should be relegated but we've thought that about big clubs before, with several still languishing in the lower leagues after finding out how difficult it can be to bounce straight back.
If Villa are to ensure they are not the latest of an ever-growing list of 'big clubs' to ply their trade outside of the Premier League, then Lambert must transform the fortunes of his team rapidly, otherwise the midlands-based club will have to get used to life outside of England's top tier.
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After doing a surprisingly solid Robert De Niro impression in his Heat parody with Kenny Florian, 27-time Jiu-Jitsu World Champion Renato Laranja further flexes his dramatic chops in "Brokeback Mounch," which kicks off the latest episode of the Renato Laranja Show. Laranja's co-star this time is Josh Barnett, aka the heavyweight Heath Ledger. The sexual tension is unbearable. Start your week off the right way and give it a look. (There's also a long interview with Chris Leben afterwards, if you're interested. Laranja starts the segment by congratulating Leben for being an inspiration to cripples everywhere. I LOL'd.)
Related: The Renato Laranja Rocky III parody — "Hocky III," obviously — with Cris Cyborg as Adrian. Yeah, like you're not gonna click on that.


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Harlan House
Canadian, b. 1943
Branch vase, 1989
46 x 16.5 cm
Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Acquired with funds from the Merle Guberman Trust
Harlan House's vessels are the quintessential definition of grace. Dedicating himself to porcelain as a medium, House has focused on producing a distinctive line of functional wares—largely for the display of flowers or service of food—that are timeless, beautifully proportioned, and elegant. Although he started art school in the 1960s to pursue painting, it is for his ceramics that he is held in such high regard, having won the Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in Fine Craft and the Jean A. Chalmers National Crafts Award. This vase in the WAG's collection clearly exhibits House's interest in Chinese ceramics, particularly the refined Song Dynasty (960–1279) in both form and decoration. Pure in its simplicity, it is decorated solely with a crackle glaze in the most subtle shade of celadon.
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A tweet apparently written by a director of the troubled Market Basket grocery store chain has drawn criticism from protesting workers and customers, with many suggesting it was sexist. The tweet, written Friday, was removed Wednesday night, but not before protesters captured screen grabs.
The director, Eric Gebaide, is one of the seven-member board's three independent members. He is managing director of Innovation Advisors in New York, a boutique investment banking firm that advises technology companies. He is said to be aligned with the faction supporting Arthur S. Demoulas, whose side of the Demoulas family owns the majority of the company's shares.
RELATED: Meet the Market Basket board of directors
Arthur T. Demoulas, former president of the 71-store chain and cousin of Arthur S., was ousted last month by the board, setting off walkouts in the executive suite of the $4.6 billion company, protests, and customer boycotts.
The tweet, which had garnered at least 38 responses from other Twitter users, described protesters Gebaide encountered when he was in Boston for a meeting of Market Basket's board of directors as "much better looking than I remember." Although the meaning of that sentence was not clear, many Twitter users and protesters who had seen copies of the tweet accused the director — or whoever was behind the account — of making inappropriate comments.
"Sexist humor from one of Arthur. S.'s cronies. shocker," wrote one commenter.
Contacted at his New York home by the Globe last night, Gebaide declined to comment on the account's authenticity or the meaning of the tweet. However, the account, which has been active since at least March 2011, contained several personal photos that seem to depict Gebaide. Shortly after the Globe contacted Gebaide, the tweet was deleted.
RELATED: Board faces range of options
A spokesman for the board of directors did not reply to requests for comment.
The account's most recent tweet, published on July 30, includes a link to an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal that accuses media outlets of "romanticiz[ing]" protesters who have called for the reinstatement of Arthur T. Demoulas, the president of Market Basket who was fired by the board of directors weeks ago.
Below is Gebaide's next tweet, which also drew angry comments from protesters:
Today's @wsj @HolmanJenkins "No CEO Is Special Forever" http://t.co/B1R8tLmKOg— E Gebaide (@egebaide) July 30, 2014


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Columbia Institute of Fine Arts
Columbia Institute of Fine Arts
The Columbia Institute of Fine Arts, located in Falls Church, VA, opened its doors in September of 1993 as a ministry of Columbia Baptist Church. CIFA is a program of arts education in which students receive private lessons and classroom instruction in music, dance and art from highly qualified instructors. Students have opportunities to join ensembles, and to perform through recitals at the church and other opportunities at outside venues. The school operates under the Worship, Music and Arts Ministry of Columbia Baptist Church and in keeping with the philosophy and purpose statement of the church. All lessons and classes take place within the safe, caring environment of Columbia Baptist Church.
The goals of CIFA are to provide quality instruction in the arts and to help prepare students for future service through the development of skills for performance and ministry. The founding of CIFA was inspired in part by these words: "Sing to the Lord a new song...with the sounding of the trumpet...with the harp and lyre...tambourine and dancing...strings and flute...Let everything that has breath praise the Lord." (Psalm 149 & 150)
For more information email the Columbia Institute of Fine Arts or call 703-534-2508.
Come out and meet our new ballet instructor Jennifer Oeschger!
We'll be holding open houses at our dance studio location- 301 Washington Street Falls Church, VA 22046 - on September 4th and 6th from 5-7:30pm.
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Great for everyday of the week, the mens underwear sale from Gap is a must-see. From bright blues to tangy oranges, you'll find exactly what matches your style and personality. Get a pair of socks to wear around the house on a lazy Sunday with the men's underwear sale. The mens underwear on sale offers products that are versatile making them great to pair with any ensemble. The classic black socks are great for dressy slacks and suits. With the mens underwear sale from Gap, comfort never goes out of style.


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Natural adventures
You don't have far to go to find yourself in rich and varied countryside in Denmark. With an exceptionally long coastline and hundreds of Danish islands waiting to be explored, Denmark is a haven for beach-lovers. The south coast dramatically meets the Baltic Sea with high cliffs and the whole country is criss-crossed by walking and cycling trails. Whether you are looking for peace and tranquillity or the rush of an exhilarating outdoor adventure, Denmark is the place to find it.


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By Neha Alawadhi
(Reuters) - Touchscreen chipmaker Atmel Corp's Chief Financial Officer Stephen Cumming expects growth to rebound in 2013, helped by increased orders from its smartphone and ultrabook customers.
"Overall, 2013 is definitely going to shape up as a better year," CFO Cumming told Reuters in a telephone interview.
"I do feel that our maxTouch business will grow, our core microcontroller business would grow. Our other product lines should overall be doing better," he said.
The company makes microcontrollers, or entire computers on a single chip, that are used in anything from ultrabooks to smartphones. Its microcontroller business, which includes maxTouch touchscreen chips, accounted for 62 percent of revenue in 2012.
Analysts expect the company's 2013 revenue to remain flat at $1.43 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Atmel counts Acer Inc, Asus, Dell Inc, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo Group Ltd, Microsoft Corp, Samsung Electronics Co, Sony Corp and Toshiba Corp among its customers.
The company is banking on greater adoption of ultrabooks sporting touchscreens and powered by Microsoft Corp's Windows 8 operating system.
"I really think that Windows 8 is going to gain more and more momentum as we go into 2013 and beyond," Cumming said.
A slew of OEMs have announced Windows 8-based tablets and ultrabooks since the operating system's October launch. Atmel currently powers about 40 different tablets and ultrabook models that use the operating system.
The company also expects a growth in orders from smartphone makers.
"If you are going to upgrade your laptop or your PC, you probably are going to pick up something that is touch enabled. It's very intuitive, it's a sexy technology," Cumming said.
Samsung's Galaxy series smartphones such as S3 Mini and Note 2 use Atmel's chips.
However, Cumming declined to confirm or deny if Samsung's Galaxy S4 smartphone -- expected to be launched on March 14 -- would use Atmel's chips.
"Under our NDA (non disclosure agreement) with all of our customers in general, I can't talk about future products coming to market," Cumming said.
Atmel's shares, which have lost 35 percent of their value over the past year, closed at $6.43 on the Nasdaq on Thursday.
(Reporting by Neha Alawadhi in Bangalore; Editing by Roshni Menon)


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ZTE has announced details of its third Blade smartphone, with Finland and Sweden set to get their hands on the affordable Android Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone first.
The ZTE Blade III continues the manufacturer's mission of offering Android on the cheap, with Swedish retailers to begin selling the handset from October for around £140.
Sporting a four-inch WVGA touch display, the ZTE Blade III will run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, feature a 5-megapixel camera with auto-focus along with Wi-Fi. Powering proceedings along will be a 1GHz Qualcomm MSM 7227 A processor.
ZTE is making a big song and dance about the Blade III's memory credentials, raising the bar on its predecessors. Though there's only 2.5GB of on-board storage – the ZTE Blade II had a mere 200MB - this can be expanded by up to 32GB with a memory card.
The ZTE Blade III will arrive in Finland from September in a white variant, while Sweden will get the black version in October.
No word specifically on when the UK will get hold of it, though the manufacturer has said that it will begin rolling the phone out further afield before the end of the year.
Both the ZTE Blade and ZTE Blade II arrived in the UK under the guise of the Orange San Francisco and Orange San Francisco II respectively.


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Academic Spotlight
Scanlon Illuminates the Original Cosmo Girl
Story posted April 03, 2009
She may have written the book on swinging urban gals with her 1962 bestseller, Sex and the Single Girl, but until now, no one has written the book on Helen Gurley Brown.
The longtime editor of Cosmopolitan magazine is the subject of a new, critically acclaimed biography by Bowdoin Professor of Gender and Women's Studies Jennifer Scanlon. The book has been featured in major magazines and newspapers around the world, including the New York Times, The New Yorker, O, The Oprah Magazine, The London Observer, and Harper's Bazaar. (Read a story about all the reviews.)
Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown (Oxford University Press, March 2009), traces the life of the maverick diva of New York publishing from her humble, working-class beginnings to her ascent to the pantheon of 20th century women.
The book title is derived from an embroidered pillow that famously adorns Brown's office, declaring, "Good girls go to heaven. Bad girls go everywhere."
Scanlon reveals a fascinating, unapologetic woman who blew open the conservative mores of the 1960s with a unique philosophy of pragmatic feminism that celebrated independence, sexuality, the pursuit of beauty - and the overlap of sexual politics and commerce.
"Many second wave feminists wrote her off as no more than the female equivalent of Hugh Hefner," notes Scanlon, who is an expert in consumer culture. "I'm arguing that she was an early practitioner of the second wave who also laid the groundwork for what people are considering feminism today—the so-called third wave, lipstick-friendly feminism you see typified in Sex and the City.
"For example, Brown thought fashion was liberating for women, not oppressive. She had an early understanding that women 'perform' femininity, as feminist theorists today argue, but she didn't see that as something altogether bad. She saw power in it, not oppression."
Scanlon found an untapped wealth of information on Brown at the Smith College Archives, which houses her papers, along with many other notable women of the 20th century, including Smith alum Gloria Steinem.
"Here is Helen Gurley Brown, who didn't go to college at all, never mind a place like Smith College, who made her way up in the work world without any formal education, yet Smith determined she was important enough to document through a significant collection. I greatly respect their choice," says Scanlon.
Among the materials, Scanlon discovered letters and journals that offer up juicy accounts of life as a single woman. "They are particularly revealing about what it was like in the postwar period, during an era of staid domesticity, for a sexy single woman to negotiate gender roles" notes Scanlon.
Brown was famous for advising women on how to leverage the social-financial contract between the sexes. "She had some interesting schemes," says Scanlon. "One was, if you go out with a man who is from out of town, get him to pay for your taxi ride home. Have him give you the cab money, let the taxi take you one block, then jump out and take a bus."
"She felt that women should never pay for dates," adds Scanlon. "She was aware that men were the ones who earned the money and felt they should be willing to spend it; she maintained that women should reciprocate as they saw fit. Brown addressed these economic, social, and sexual relations between women and men that most people didn't want to acknowledge or talk about. It was one of the things that made her unpopular among conservatives but enormously popular with a mainstream audience."
Scanlon had the opportunity to meet directly with Brown on several occasions at her New York office in the Hearst Building.
"She is 87 now, and she's still working, Scanlon says. "Her lifelong philosophy has been that work is central to women's identity, and she can't imagine her own life without that kind of engagement."
As for the biography, Scanlon notes, "She resisted anyone writing her biography for years, but in the end I think she was amenable to this project primarily because I'm an academic and not someone in the industry—someone who might well have written a very different kind of book about a figure like Helen Gurley Brown."
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text: The proposed research uses brain measures to assess the processing of social signals in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The primary aim is to assess whether individuals with ASD show deficits in the neural markers of reward in response to social feedback. The social motivation hypothesis proposes that key deficits found in individuals with ASD (e.g., poor joint attention, eye contact, and social cognition) are underpinned by deeper motivational differences. The hypothesis is that individuals with ASD are less rewarded by engagement in social activities than typically developing individuals, and that a specific neural marker will help elucidate this difference. This project will investigate a neural component of the event-related potential (ERP) signal, namely the stimulus preceding negativity (SPN) component. Previous research shows that the SPN is a sensitive measure of activity in the dopaminergic reward pathway and anticipation of reward. Both typically developing children and adults, and children and adults with ASD, will be tested to assess their responses to social and nonsocial stimuli. The results from this social neuroscience study may identify biomarkers that can improve risk assessment and subtype stratification in individuals with ASD. Moreover, the results will be informative for designing interventions (both pharmacological and behavioral) that can be specifically tailored to improve social motivation, especially for those individuals who are more severely impaired. An interdisciplinary team of neuroscientists and research-practitioners in autism science, along with neuroscientists who specialize in the design of ERP studies investigating the SPN component, has been assembled to assist in the conduct of this project.


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Marble Art
Make a painting by shaking! This kinetic method of painting is a great way to add a little twist to the typical painting project. Grab some marbles and get ready to shake a bright, beautiful painting into existence!
What You Need:
- Marbles
- Tempera paint
- Disposable plate
- Large cylindrical container with lid
- White paper
- Scissors
- Disposable spoons
What You Do:
- Cover your work table with newspaper to prevent paint from getting on your furniture.
- Help your child cut pieces of paper that will fit into the can.
- Have him roll a piece of paper and put it into the can, leaving the lid off.
- Pour a small amount of a few different colors of tempera paint onto the plate.
- Encourage him to dip a marble into one of the paint colors. Use the spoon to pick up the paint-covered marble and carefully drop it into the can.
- Repeat this for each color of paint he would like to use on his painting.
- Secure the lid on the container.
- Shake! Shake! Shake! When he feels like the painting is done, carefully remove the painting and set it aside to dry.
Once he's finished his painting, ask him if the painting looks different than what he though it would look like. Have him experiment with different colors and different amounts of marbles to create more marble art!


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Deerhoof vs. Sister
Rocanrol/pop experimentalist outfit Deerhoof plays a much-anticipated concert at Sister (407 Central NW) tonight. The show is being advertised as an "early show," so plan to get there just after dark. The 21-and-over house starts rocking at 6pm, and admission is 10 bucks. And in case you wanna know, Deerhoof ain't a bunch of phonies either. Next in line to hold the key to the kingdom of the rock avant-garde, Deerhoof has the temporal cred and musical sense of wonder necessary to do something really cool with the same door-opening implement previously held up by folks like The Velvet Underground, The Plastic Ono Band, David Bowie, Sonic Youth, Radiohead and The Flaming Lips. Impossible to describe as well as to forget, an evening in the company of Satomi Matsuzaki, John Dieterich, Ed Rodriquez and Greg Saunier is sure to open up whatever doors of perception still block your transcendence, dear reader. Well-dressed Varsovian duo LXMP and local act Teetotum opens. So, yeah. Deerhoof. Sister. Tonight. Early. Dayum. Sister • Mon Nov 11 • 6pm • $10 • View on Alibi calendar


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Kerrville State Hospital is one of ten mental health facilities in the Texas Department of State Health Services system and provides care for adults with major mental illnesses who need the safety, structure and resources of an inpatient setting. The hospital operates 202 beds for individuals hospitalized on a forensic commitment. Most such commitments are issued when individuals are charged with a crime and they have been determined to be not competent to stand trial. Hospital programs are designed to help such individuals attain competency if possible by treating their mental illness. Care is also provided for individuals who have been judged to be Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity with the goal of treating their mental illnesses so that they may be safely returned to the community. Most patients are admitted on transfer from the secure treatment facility – North Texas State Hospital Vernon Campus – after a determination that they are not manifestly dangerous and require a long length of stay. Individuals served come from throughout the state of Texas.
The hospital began providing psychiatric treatment in 1951 for a designated group of counties in the Texas Hill Country. KSH began its transition to a forensic facility in 1999 in response to an increase in demand while the demand for general psychiatric hospital care in the counties served was steadily declining. Eight of the patient treatment units are located in a single building which opened in 1992. Treatment is organized at the unit level and patients are assigned based on matching their treatment needs to the unit program.
Kerrville State Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission, an independent, not-for-profit organization, which sets standards for, and evaluates health care organizations in accordance with nationally recognized guidelines. The standards include the facility's level of performance in key functional areas such as: patient rights, patient treatment and infection control. They also focus on the hospital's ability to provide safe, high-quality care. To earn and maintain accreditation, an organization must undergo an on-site survey by a Joint Commission survey team about every three years. KSH was last surveyed in September 2009 and accredited for a three-year period. The hospital is also certified for participation in the Medicare program.
Superintendent: LeighAnn Fitzpatrick, M.Ed.
Clinical Director: Matthew D. Faubion, M.D.
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Council takes initiative on identity
Rolls out regional smart cards
Sunderland City Council is rolling out its prototype regional federated identity initiative across the north-east of England.
The council, which designed, developed, and deployed the Trusted Services Infrastructure (TSI) in association with the North East Connects Partnership (NECP) - which consists of 25 local government organisations - has said it is encouraging local businesses and organisations to come up with innovative ideas to exploit the system for their own identity projects.
Federated identity is an arrangement where a number of organisations can register the authenticity of a person's identity accepted in a much wider circle. The TSI enables citizens to gain access to shared services provided by the public and private sector.
The move follows two successful pilot schemes. The first in 2003-04 provided local log-in, buildings access and network log-in for 400 students at Sunderland College.
The other, in September 2005, saw NECP deploy 8,500 smart cards for the University of Sunderland Student Union. They hold membership details, discount privileges and digital certificates to authenticate online services.
The university plans to relaunch the smart card scheme combining the student union with other education services with a view to providing 17,000 cards.
Using ActivIdentity technology and Smart Connect software, the initiative currently has the capability to manage up to 80,000 smart card holders for use in third party payment and e-ticketing services. Future plans include building ticketing capability for use on public transport.
Con Crawford, Sunderland City Council strategic projects officer, said: "The infrastructure is a prototype capability designed to support the government's drive towards shared services and ours compliments central government's Shared Services Unit.
"Since our definition of this embraces all sectors we are now promoting it to public and private sector organisations to encourage their use of the system.
"Federation protects the company asset, including confidential employee information, while the use of third party services can enhance the whole cardholder proposition."
NECP is currently working with accountancy package company Sage, in a partnership that has already supplied access control smart cards for systems at the company's global head quarters in Newcastle.
This article was originally published at Kablenet.
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Story and Photos by Dan Bazira | Senior IT Communications Coordinator | Heifer Uganda
A smallholder dairy farmer, 35-year-old Oloka John loves his Friesian dairy cow and the benefits it provides for his wife and three children, who live together in the Bugiri district of Uganda.
"It was after visiting one of my friends that I realized I needed to acquire a cow for my family," John said. "But my financial sources were meager amidst the many costs for the survival of my family."
After discussions with his wife, John decided to join the Wacha Wa'Seme Women Group, formed and led by women in their community. John's wife, Kafuko Maria, said the men in their village usually do not like to join women-led groups. "It was a hard decision that I had to encourage my husband to join this group," she said. "But the benefits from this group along with Heifer International support have been gargantuan."
Before becoming involved with Heifer, the family's living conditions were difficult?they referred to it as a "life of lack." Their home was plagued by domestic violence, and their nutrition was poor because they did not know what a balanced diet was or how to best use their 3.5 acres of land. John and Maria said they had been practicing farming for the last 25 years without modern agricultural technology, which led to low production. With the Heifer trainings, however, the family's improved agricultural practices have led to higher production.
"Even before one receives the gift of a heifer, trainings conducted and adopted are themselves a source of knowledge and wealth creation," Maria said of Heifer Uganda's support.
The family established a poultry unit of 500 birds, a retail shop and a banana plantation. With income from their poultry unit, they purchased more land. In 2010, they received a pregnant cow from Heifer and named it Veronica.
John and Maria are grateful for Veronica, who produces about 6 gallons of milk per day. The milk sales bring in an annual income of about $2,143, which helps with their three children's education and with their living conditions.
The family wastes nothing?cow dung and urine are applied to their gardens to improve agricultral production, and environmental protection training helped the family construct an energy-saving stove. This has helped them save money on firewood.
"Gender awareness and HIV/AIDS [training] is another benefit I have achieved," John said. "I no longer behave like I used to, the way I used to handle my wife. Considering gender awareness, I have benefited from the project and our family relations have greatly improved. My wife now knows her responsibilities, rights of women, and how to treat me as her beloved husband. We help each other in running our family projects and share other roles, which was not the case before."
Maria agreed, "Today, we're a role model family that any community visitor and other villagemates do not take long to visit and seek our knowledge."
Dr. Joshua Zimbe, regional coordinator for Heifer Uganda, said the family has greatly transformed with Heifer's investment. "More people in this community have adopted improved technologies they learned from this family, which guarantees knowledge transfer through sharing and caring. The future looks bright for this family that started low."
John and Maria are committed to producing high-quality milk and produce, educating their children and improving the environment. Their transformation began with one dairy cow, and now they are changing the lives of others.